Head of People & Culture(m/w/x)

Requirements

• Strong People & Culture/HR background
• Several years of experience in People & Culture, HR Business Partnering, People Operations, or similar
• Experience in growing organizations (scale-up environment a plus)
• Solid Employment Law & Compliance knowledge
• Strong understanding of German labor law (Arbeitsrecht) and HR compliance
• Experience with international setups (UK especially) a plus
• Leadership and Stakeholder Management skills
• Experience leading or mentoring team members
• Strong communication skills and confidence with senior leadership
• Ability to constructively challenge, influence, and advise leaders
• Hands-on mindset
• Willingness to handle operational topics
• Enjoyment of creating structure and improving processes
• Structured and pragmatic working style
• Ability to balance daily priorities with long-term improvements
• Clarity and calmness under shifting priorities
• Recruitment & Growth mindset
• Experience driving recruitment processes and scaling teams (highly valued)
• Understanding of good hiring and strong candidate experience
• Business fluent German (C1 CEFR) and good English skills (B2 CEFR), written and spoken

Tasks

• Develop scalable people processes.
• Support managers in their leadership journey.
• Drive recruitment and organizational growth.
• Take ownership of the People & Culture agenda.
• Act as the main point of contact for leadership.
• Act as the main point of contact for employees.
• Lead the People & Culture team.
• Develop the People & Culture team.
• Set clear priorities for the People team.
• Align People initiatives with company goals.
• Foster a culture of trust.
• Foster a culture of transparency.
• Foster a culture of high performance.
• Oversee smooth HR operations.
• Ensure compliant HR operations.
• Set clear standards for HR operations.
• Provide direction for operational HR execution.
• Build scalable HR processes.
• Improve scalable HR processes.
• Build scalable HR frameworks.
• Improve scalable HR frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with labor law.
• Ensure compliance with HR standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor for managers.
• Act as a sparring partner for managers.
• Act as a trusted advisor for leadership.
• Act as a sparring partner for leadership.
• Support leaders in complex employee situations.
• Guide leaders through performance management.
• Guide leaders through conflict resolution.
• Guide leaders through organizational changes.
• Drive leadership coaching initiatives.
• Drive leadership training initiatives.
• Drive structured leadership development plans.
• Define recruitment strategy with leadership.
• Define recruitment priorities with leadership.
• Define workforce planning with leadership.
• Collaborate with Talent & People Operations Specialist.
• Provide strategic direction for Talent Acquisition.
• Provide quality oversight for Talent Acquisition.
• Enable effective Talent Acquisition execution.
• Refine hiring frameworks continuously.
• Refine hiring processes continuously.
• Partner with leaders to elevate interview quality.
• Partner with leaders to elevate assessment standards.
• Partner with leaders to elevate hiring decisions.
• Create frameworks for employee development.
• Create frameworks for employee growth paths.
• Support internal mobility opportunities.
• Support employee development opportunities.
• Build scalable training offerings for employees.
• Build scalable training offerings for leaders.
• Collaborate with Finance teams.
• Collaborate with Legal teams.
• Collaborate with Office Management.
• Collaborate with Payroll partners.
• Collaborate with Works Council.
• Collaborate with leadership teams.
• Ensure consistent employee experience.
• Ensure consistent experience for company events.
• Ensure consistent experience for People & Culture initiatives.
• Act as a bridge between business and people initiatives.
• Shape People processes for international footprint.
• Contribute to international expansion initiatives.

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